After three years and as many rewrites, I finished an allegorical fantasy novel (80,000 words) written for my first granddaughter (now 11 mo.) I had it professionally critiqued with very positive feedback. The major negative was having first person in the first third on novel, third in middle to end portion and switching back to first in the last few chapters (a little disruptive, which I agreed) To remedy that, I could tell the story in parallel and keep the reader focused on both POV's concurrently. Uniquely, I could do this with chapter titles that related to both streams as they worked to the climax. Maybe for instance, I could have one title: Forgery and the next Forgery (italicized)- one a painting the other a document ?? Each would fill a whole chapter. I like how the parallel stories are working, but want it very clear to reader too.
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